Why should you have an Open Source Program Office?
Featured speakers: Nithya Ruff, Comcast, and Gil Yehuda, U.S. Bank – Hosted by Dave Neary
In recent years, more and more companies have been creating an Open Source Program Office (OSPO) in industries far outside the traditional software sector. Banks, insurance companies, telecommunications companies, oil and gas companies, and others have created this function to guide the evolution of how software is produced and consumed by these companies.
In this episode, Dave Neary will be joined by Nithya Ruff, Executive Director of the Open Source Program Office of Comcast and chair of the board of the Linux Foundation, and Gil Yehuda, Head of Open Source Engineering and Technology at U.S. Bank, to discuss the pivotal role that Open Source Program Offices have played in evolving attitudes to the risks of consuming open source software and enabling their engineers to develop and contribute to open source projects.
We will talk about the key stakeholders for an OSPO in a large company, and whether they have faced similar challenges in helping their companies evolve over the years. We will discuss the differences between traditional open source technology companies and working in an industry where technology is an enabler of customer value, rather than the primary driver of revenue. Finally, we will discuss where we see open source developing in the future, and some resources that are available to companies interested in starting an OSPO of their own.
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